He says it does so when coupled with eliminating corporate taxes. He shows a shocking disregard for human welfare.

His formula assures greater crisis conditions. Millions already can't cope. More add to their ranks daily. Raising their taxes will accelerate the process.

How can destroying the well-being of most Americans be beneficial? Kotlikoff apparently believes doing so will save them. He admits that inflation-adjusted wages are "10 percent lower today than (in) 1966."

"This is America's nightmare, not its dream," he explains. "Turning things around requires getting a lot of things right, starting, (he argues) with corporate tax reform."

In 2007, his book titled "The Healthcare Fix" proposed ending Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-provider insurance.

He wants government-provided vouchers replacing them. He wants their cost maintained at a fixed 10% of GDP.

Well-off recipients could supplement coverage by buying more on their own. Others would be stuck with bare bones care.

Corporations are Kotlikoff's concern. Ordinary people don't matter. Deepening social inequality is OK.

Human misery is out of sight and mind. Kotlikoff's formula assures hard times getting harder for growing millions.

America already is unfit to live in. Kotlikoff wants impossible conditions for most people. Imagine if it turns out this way. Imagine the worst of all possible worlds.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

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